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Tamarack residents tell council a fence and bollards are blocking a public connection and threatening emergency access
Summary
Multiple Tamarack residents told the council Nov. 5 that a fence and concrete bollards at the connection of 6th Street and 2 10th Place block access through the neighborhood, obstruct a fire hydrant and have led to threats against residents. Speakers asked the City of Sammamish to intervene because ownership of adjacent land is held by the city.
Several residents spoke during the public-comment period about an access point between 6th Street and 2 10th Place in the Tamarack neighborhood that they say has been blocked by a fence and yellow bollards placed by newer property owners. Dawn Lovely told the council the blockages "essentially split the Tamarack division" and said residents now cannot drive through the usual route to the Inglewood traffic circle.
Amy Macomber said the blockade creates emergency-access problems for her son, who has severe autism and a seizure disorder, and said the barriers had been used to prevent heavy trucks from reaching a neighboring yard after a storm. Mary Wictor, who participated online, said she has documented the barriers and told the city she was told the fence used to be movable but is now concreted in place and located less than 15 feet from a fire hydrant; she also said multiple locks impede entry by emergency responders.
Speakers asked the city to investigate and said they believed the city owns property adjacent to the roadway and owns to the midpoint of the road in their neighborhood plat. No formal council action was taken during the Nov. 5 meeting; the matter was presented in public comment so staff and council could follow up.
